We’re delighted to be able to announce the appointment of Ray Driscoll as Youth Development and Community Manager for Splash.  Ray will provide a much needed focal point for community based youth work, bringing a wealth of experience and expertise in supporting local young people and their families. See Ray’s personal introduction below!

Ray“My name is Ray Driscoll and I’m delighted to be joining the Splash! team.  I’ve been in full time youth ministry for 8 years, primarily working for Baptist Churches, latterly Brighton Road Baptist Church in Horsham, as a Children’s and Youth Worker. Before this I served at Frimley Baptist Church and was also involved in a Christian punk band, called Cephas, who reached out to the local alternative music community.

I’m 31 years old and I am a husband to Nicky and a Daddy to 5 year old Charlie. We enjoy playing sport together, watching films and going camping whenever we can. I play for our church football team and love to watch and play most kinds of sport. I am passionate about music and I am a lapsed drummer. I enjoy ready true stories of the Second World War and I am also addicted to my IPOD! I attend Brighton Road Baptist Church with my family where I continue to volunteer are BRBC’s youth club. I am also a director of ‘Horsham Matters’, the charitable company of Horsham Churches Together.

I’ve always had a passion to see the church reach out and serve the poor and marginalised in new and dynamic ways. I am consistently drawn to young people on the fringes; be they on the fringes of church, the educational system or society at large. I enjoy the challenge of engaging with hard to reach young people and have a great desire to see the church present in the places where Jesus would have been.

Please feel free to get in touch, particularly if you have any information or feedback about the needs of young people in the area that you feel would help the Trust in our work.”